Spy Mouse

Spy Mouse
Developer(s) Firemint
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Distributor(s) Apple (iOS) Google (Android) Microsoft (Windows Phone)
Platform(s) iOS, Android, Windows Phone
Release date(s) August 25, 2011
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single player

Spy Mouse (stylized and marketed as SPY mouse) is a video game developed by Firemint for iOS, Android and Windows Phone. The game was originally released in August 2011 by Electronic Arts. Shortly after being launched, it quickly became the most popular app on the iOS App Store.[1]

Gameplay

Mr. Squeak, also known as Agent Squeak, is a spy mouse trying to get as much cheese as possible while avoiding various types of cats, who will chase or harm the character in a unique way if he is spotted by any one of them. The player uses line-drawing (similar to the game Flight Control) to direct Agent Squeak through the levels. Players travel along a path by each building as they play each subsequent level. A limited amount of cheese can be collected and dragged by the mouse, but cheese will slow the player down, causing the mouse to be more vulnerable to cats. If any one of the cats happens to catch Mr. Squeak, he will be defeated, and the player will have to start over the level or the part of the level they were on.

Players can use power-ups placed somewhere in the level to help them such as chilies, which cause the player to move faster, or balloons, which help the player move faster by decreasing the weight of the cheese he/she is carrying. The player can also use power-ups purchased from "Digger's Shop", which help the character get through the level more easily. To get power-ups purchased from the shop, they must use cheese they earned from previous levels they completed to pay for them. If the player does not have enough cheese, they can purchase it as an in-app purchase. One item in Digger's Shop is Kiska the Cat, an option that allows the player to skip a level and move on to the next one. However, this option does not award the player with any cheese they usually earn at the end of a level.

There are seven sets of approximately ten levels, each taking place in a different "world". The first world is titled "Prologue". This world introduces the player to many elements of the game including cheese, cats, etc. The rest of the worlds each take place in a unique location: the suburbs, an area with many factories, a village filled with ninja cats, an inner city, a town home to ghost cats, and a tropical area spiraling a volcano. Levels are each set in different building or area. Sometimes levels have more than one part to them. Some levels have hidden areas, which can provide the player with cheese crumbs, which increase the player's score, power-ups, or dossiers that reveal information about elements in the game. A few levels have hidden areas that lead to hidden exits, that can cause a player to skip a level while still being awarded with cheese. However, when a player uses a hidden exit, they must play a hidden level to move on to the next level. If a player draws a path on the map that does not go towards the main path where levels are located, they will unlock a secret level. At the end of each world, there is a boss a player must play without using any power-ups. In the first part of the boss, they will have to follow a cat named Fluffy through a drawn path without getting spotted by her until they reach the second part of the boss. In the second part, Mr. Squeak will have to defeat a cat or a cat-controlled machine to win the level and unlock the next world.

Cats

Bosses

Reception

The game has been rated 4.5 stars on Gamezebo[2] and was listed as #4 on their Best iPhone Games of 2011.[3]

On Touch Arcade, the game was rated 5 stars.[4]

As of November 2012, the game has been rated 4.5 stars on the iOS App Store, and 4 stars on the Windows Phone Store by users, but the game has only been rated 2.9 stars on Google Play.

See also

References

  1. Parker, Jason. "Spy Mouse already a hit in the iTunes App Store". CNet. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  2. "Spy Mouse Review on Gamezebo". Gamezebo. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  3. "Best iPhone Games of 2011 at Gamezebo". Gamezebo. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  4. Nicholson, Brad. "Spy Mouse Review at Touch Arcade". Touch Arcade. Retrieved 12 November 2012.

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